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Steve Calafati

Steve Calafati grew up in New Jersey and has played the guitar for 35 years. He studied Classical, Jazz, theory, and counterpoint at Monmouth University and the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, as well as with numerous private instructors.

After college, his skills as a composer, engineer and producer rapidly developed as he worked on various rock and roll projects in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s. After that, Steve performed for a few years as a Classical soloist and also with his own Jazz group.

Then, in 1997, Steve was drawn back to a past love - the music of Spain - Flamenco

Mediterra

By Steve Calafati

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2005
Track listing: Intro to Mediterra; Rumba Nove; For Arturo; Magdalena; Road to Almeria; Tapas Dance; Venezuelan Waltz; Spanish Funk; 1912; Canzone per una Bella Moglie.

Steve Calafati: Mediterra

by Jerry D'Souza
October 25, 2005

Steve Calafati's trail as a guitarist moved from classical music to jazz and on to rock. He released a rock album in the nineties, but when the Seattle rock scene put his music out of contention, Calafati began studying flamenco music, first in New York and then in Madrid. In 1999 he released his first flamenco ...